Research evaluation and competition for academic positions in occupational medicine

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-127

  Franco, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Journal impact factor; Occupational health; Occupational medicine; Publishing

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CITATION ANALYSIS; COMPETITION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; UNIVERSITY; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLICATION; STANDARD;

SCOPUS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EFFICIENCY; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876070277     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2011.639819     Document Type: Article

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